On the night of Diwali, an unknown person opened fire at the house of a Punjab cadre IAS officer in Sector 24. This incident took place at the house of Punjab's IAS Virendra Kumar Sharma.
IAS Virendra Kumar Sharma was present in his house with his family at the time of the incident. He also called the police control room and his security personnel. Virendra Kumar Sharma is posted in the Health Department of Punjab Government. This incident happened late at 11 pm. An unknown accused had fired the bullet from the road outside the house. It was fortunate that the bullet got stuck in the ply of the window of a room, due to which no one was hit by the bullet. Chandigarh Police has started investigation by providing footage of the accused from CCTV cameras installed around the house. The forensic team was also called to the spot late in the night.